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Google is tinkering again, this time bringing a live wallpaper that may actually be useful. Meter, a project from Google’s Creative Lab, will tell you when you might want to charge your device or use cellular instead of Wi-Fi. Conceptually, the wallpaper also acts as a widget, which displays information like battery level, app usage and notifications.. It also leans heavily on Material Design, because all modern Google-y things do. Meter is applied like any other wallpaper, but asks for permissions like an app (you’ll have to grant it full functionality). The wallpaper cycles randomly between views each time you turn…

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